How do you mount your flight controller? Flight Controller Integration for FPV and RC 

Thank you, I completely understand. In many ways, there is a deeper satisfaction to getting that build just right. It puts order and satisfaction in my universe. I'm glad we share that.

Thanks! I really like the placards. I've had some guys ask why I need them - and I remind them in the jets I fly at work - we have written checklists that tells you to put the landing gear down before landing - and both of us read that out loud and verify it on every flight. These models are all different - and can be amazingly complex and capable devices with subtle (yet important) differences. Cheat sheets help keep it all straight. Thanks for your note.

Thank you. I've got a few more things tucked away in planes that I'll get to as well. I'm glad you enjoy.

Thank you!

Thank you. Glad to try and give back to the community.

Thank you!

I'll get a video together on this. I want to discuss the flight characteristics and some of my radio setup. Give me a week, as I'm working for a bit and I'm not around and flying, but I'll put something together. Thanks for the comment!

@@usefulaircraft Awesome! I’m new to this and have only built a FliteTest foam 3 channel trainer. Building is no problem, but the electronics is confusing with all the brands, protocols, sizes, etc. Thanks for the reply and sharing your knowledge!

My transition to Speedybee has been pretty seamless honestly. While I thought I preferred soldering on the large Matek pads - I really hated the floating ESC signal lines (the flat pads just floating in the middle of the board). For the money - I'm not going back - unless Matek really competes on price or adds features that enhance it's feature set to a level that changes my view. It seems to me that Speedybee is really competing at a price/features proposition that's hard to beat. Now all my builds are relatively inexpensive - with the most expensive airborne components being the FPV gear - so I'm not really feeling driven to more robust systems that would be better suited for commercial operations - I'm just enjoying the flights. Thanks for your note!

@@usefulaircraft Great advice, thanks!

My favorite parts too. Thanks!

Eliminating vibration is critical. Foamboard has some natural dampening tendencies - but the first place I always start is the propeller and flight control attachments. A misbalanced propeller will produce more vibration than anything else. Start with a well balanced propeller - both track and balance. When possible - multi bladed propellers are often smoother than two bladed props - but there are design considerations in selecting propeller types that may dictate certain choices. Loose flight controls also can lead to vibration. Check that control linkages are tight, and there is no slop at the flight control. As I can be a very lazy man - I’ll often just hit a loose linkage with a blob of hot glue, and that will often fill in loose tolerances until a proper repair can be implemented. As far as vibration dampening foam or rubber inserts - there are a variety of commercially available foam tapes (often times double-sided) that can work to reduce vibration. I’ve had a roll of something by 3M that works fairly well - but I have no clue where or when it appeared in the garage, and I doubt it was aviation related. The best advice is to simply experiment. You can put the airframe on a test stand and see where the source of your vibrations are (although some vibrations only appear in flight - I’ve done plenty of test flights in jets chasing noises and vibration). The best effort would be in eliminating them at the source - piston engine planes use rubber mounts for the motors to help reduce vibration - and maybe that could be something to try - rubber motor mounts to reduce as much of the vibration to begin with - but again - start with balancing your prop and powertrain. Now you’ve got me wanting to experiment with rubber mounts incorporated into my motor mounts. Interesting… I’m curious what you find is the best path forward for you. Thanks for your note. I hope this helped.

@@usefulaircraft Absolutely it helped! Thanks for taking the time. I haven't played with quads for a while, but I bought 3-blade props for the last one I was building. I was using isolation rubber mounts for my controller, and I was balancing my props, but I hadn't thought of mounting the motors with vibration in mind, so thanks for that idea. I'll keep you up-to-date with whatever I do when I get back to it. Thanks again.

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I'm happy to share most of them - I just uploaded the antenna mount for you: www.thingiverse.com/thing:6690735 Let me know how it works out.

That was a full flying surface flight control that I'll show off in another video. I was inspired by the F16's tail surfaces, and was looking to minimize parts count. It's effective at both, but it's needs significant airspeed for effective control. I'll have more on this later, I'm still experimenting. Thanks for your note.

The pivot point needs to be at 1/4 chord, as that’s the location of the aerodynamic center for a symmetrical airfoil.

It's a G. Weike LC1290